It’s pretty much over, except for the shouting:
Lisa Madigan will not run for Illinois governor http://t.co/LaoTRYBzCe
— Taegan Goddard (@politicalwire) July 15, 2013
As Goddard notes, this is really, really good news for Bill Daley, and really, really bad news for Pat Quinn. Quinn’s biggest achievement thus far has been in not getting indicted for anything, which is frankly a bit of a problem for Illinois Governors at this point; his biggest hope was for a bitter, grenade-throwing primary. Unlikely to happen now.
Moe Lane
PS: Danged if I know how the general will go down; God knows that Daley as the nominee will drive GOP turnout, especially since Quinn is going to be probably more than a little bit scorched-earth-petulant at that point.